33.7% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bruce · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bruce
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much higher share of people speak a language other than English in Bruce compared to the rest of the country. More than three in ten residents use another language at home, which is far above the national figure. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse among similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 33.7% of people use a language other than English at home, well above the ACT average of 24.6%. While English is the main language for 62.7% of residents, others commonly speak Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese or Hindi. Around 2.6% speak little or no English, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.6% ▼ -41.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Bruce [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80028/bruce/topic/language